Middlesex County Books – Broad View Books

Middlesex County History, Town Histories, Church Histories, Vital Records and Genealogies

South Middlesex – A New England Heritage $24.95 (Out of Print)
By Stephen W Herring
Windsor Publications 1986
(from the end flaps) The Puritan work ethic combined with Yankee ingenuity pushed South Middlesex to the fore Front of American industry when much of the country was still a wilderness. Entrepreneurs such as Abner Wheeler, who promoted turnpike building throughout the region in the early 1800s, and Ariel Bragg, who prompted others to match his success in shoemaking, established South Middlesex as a seedbed of industry and a model for the rest of America to follow.
South Middlesex: An Illustrated History is the story of the people who built a thriving industrial hub while maintaining and strengthening the ties that today still bond the nine towns of the region. It is the story of early settlers joining to fight the fearless Indian warrior, “King Philip”; of wrongfully accused “witches” fleeing to the haven of “Salem End” (later part of Framingham); of patriotic minutemen drilling in secret to stand ready against the redcoats.
The spirit of community and enterprise has persisted throughout the history of South Middlesex. In a lively narrative, author Stephen W. Herring illustrates that hardships such as fire, depression, and war only strengthened the peoples’ determination to overcome and succeed. The region turned out thousands of yards of blue kersey cloth for Union uniforms while much of its population went off to fight during the Civil War. It emerged from a later war, World War 11, to enter a decade of phenomenal growth and suburbanization, thanks to a characteristic foresight that had diversified the area’s economic base. Entrepreneurs who spur today’s growth while remembering the region’s heritage are highlighted in “Partners in Progress,” a special chapter written by David Horn.
Over two hundred illustrations, including forty brilliant color plates, enrich Herring’s text. Pictorial research by Elizabeth C. Merrylees has uncovered drawings, maps, and vintage photographs that offer fascinating views of South Middlesex, past and present.
248 pages, hardbound, dj, VG / VG.

Immigrants and Yankees in Nashoba Valley, Massachusetts $29.99 (Out of Print)
By William Wolkovich-Valkavicius (autographed)
Privately printed 1981
(from the dust jacket) Immigrants and Yankees records the fate of Irish, French-Canadians, Poles, Lithuanians, and Italians who infiltrated an old colonial bastion of Massachusetts from the 1840s. Here is a narrative about two highly unlike cultures in collision and adjustment. William Wolkovich describes the inter ethnic and inter religious dynamics of major immigrating groups weaving into the fabric of Groton, Ayer, Shirley, Littleton, Pepperell, Townsend, and Ashby from 1845 to 1945.
     The author reviews the Puritan mind, which so colored the behavior of succeeding generations, and faithfully documents the attitude toward immigrants, in particular the Catholic newcomers who bore a culture quite different from the heritage of the prevailing host society. Each vignette is richly annotated by contemporary newspaper accounts, which provides a fascinating insight into the “shirt-sleeve” life of the em under scrutiny.
    The book is divided into three main parts. Part One affords an intimate view of the Protestant milieu in the Nashoba Valley. These pages detail instances of human frailty, inconsistency, and deviation from the original Puritan ideals and mores and reveal how the Yankees sought to uphold those tenets in their practical daily living.
     Part Two identifies the conflict between foreigners and Anglo-Americans. It explores the origin of the incoming Catholics, their settlements and labors, and examines the prejudice they met because of their ethnicity. What’s more, it analyzes the newcomers as they tried to practice their faith in inhospitable surroundings and chronicles their troubles as they sought to establish Catholic parishes.
     Part Three portrays the accommodation. It expresses, through a litany of episodes, the many ways in which Protestants and Catholics attempted to cooperate and the eventual easing of tensions between them. It also sets down some of the problems and adjustments that the immigrants came up against within their own households and the diocese of Boston.
A series of appendixes on the seven Catholic parishes in the Valley, and a full bibliography complete this volume.
240 pages, hardbound, First edition, Very good condition >Wor >Mid

History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Volume 1 & Volume 4 only, $29.95
Edwin P. Conklin
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1927
1595 pages relating to Middlesex County. Volume 1 is historical, Volume 4 is biographical on residents of the county, often with pictures.
Table of Contents: The Story of the Land, Geology and Topography. Earliest Record of Inhabitants Settlement by the English, intercourse and Conflict with the Indians, Transition from Colony to Province, The Revolutionary Period, Shays’ Rebellion, County Official Record and Personnel, Civil War, The Spanish-American War, Harvard University, Courts and Lawyers, Education, In Literature, Charlestown and Her Navy Yard, Canals and Railways, The Medical Profession, Banks and Banking, Charitable and Philanthropic, The Religious Aspect,
Vol 1, 371 pages, Vol 4, 350 pages, good condition

Acton
Old maps of Concord, Lincoln, Acton, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Ten framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Concord (whole town), Concord (detail), Westvale (Concord), Lincoln (whole town) for in the end of the, Lincoln (detail), South Lincoln, Acton (whole town), West Acton, South Acton, Acton detail and Whetherbee’s Mills.
Ten 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Ashland
Old maps of Framingham, Ashland, Sherborn, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Framingham (whole town), Framingham Center, South Framingham, Saxonville (Framingham), Ashland (whole town), Ashland Village, Cutler’s Mills (Ashland), Sherborn (whole town), Sherborn (detail).
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Manning’s Framingham & Ashland Directory for the year Beginning January, 1957 $19.95
Springfield: H. A. Manning Company, 1957
Containing General directories of the citizens, classified business Directories, street and house directories and a record of the Town governments, societies, churches, etc, county, state and U.S. governments. Including citizens in service in armed forces of the United States with branch of service.
488 pages, good condition, corners bumped, shelf wear.

Bedford
Bedford, Massachusetts, Old Families $144.00
Abram English Brown
Bedford, Mass: 1892
Genealogical information of varied length on the early families of Bedford.
45 pages, 9×12 hardbound, good condition, covers faded with a few small holes in the cloth.

Bedford, Mass. Vital Records to the Year 1850 $35.00
Boston, Mass: NEHGS, 1903
The Town of Bedford, Middlesex County, was established September 23, 1729, from parts of Billerica and Concord. February 26, 1767, a part of Billerica was annexed to Bedford.
142 pages, hardbound, owners book plate inside front cover, spine has darkened, spotting on cover and inside covers, good condition

The Bedford Sampler – Bicentennial edition 1775-1975 $ 9.50 (out of print)
Compiled by Friends of the Bedford Public Library
Bedford, Mass.: 1974
Articles about Bedford history, Pictures and descriptions of many of Bedford historic houses, Bedford today, some background and at the end of the book recipes. What can I say but that I have a weakness for these bicentennial histories, they are very readable and interesting.
256 pages, softbound

Glimpses of Old New England Life Legends of Old Bedford, Mass. $40.00
Abram English Brown
Privately Printed 1892
(from the introduction) There is a sentiment, so often expressed as to be classed with modern proverbs, that a parent who is a wise, disciplinarian, when becoming a grand-parent is over-indulgent.
It was the good fortune of the author of this volume to be much in the society of his grand-parents, especially that of his grandmother. After a lapse of time sufficient to remove all sentimental prejudices, be would enter a protest against the commonly accepted belief.
It is to his grandmother that the author is indebted for the facts which this volume. contains.
Had I the ability, I. would prove to the world that truth is stranger than fiction was an expression of hers that found lodgment in the mind of the writer; and while laying no claims to literary ability, lie has tried to clothe a series of truths in a style of dress attractive to readers of all ages, knowing that the adult, at times is not averse to stories especially adapted to younger readers.
The one credited with this series of truths spent her life in the place of her nativity, as did also several generations of her ancestors, she being peculiarly adapted by nature to gather and retain facts which would have faded from other minds.
The Author was not supplied with many of the melodies and fairy tales, which too often surfeit the youth of to-day, but in their stead, while sitting at the fireside through the long hours of the winter evenings, was entertained by his grandmother with true stories, some of which are herein related.
If the thoughts expressed at times seem too mature for such a listener it may be credited to her who believed in bringing the young mind up to hers rather than descending to the level of the child.
The Author admits that he has not strictly adhered to the time of the occurrence of the events, thereby aiming to guard against trespassing upon the sacredness of family ties.
The Author, at first, thought of including the leading facts with the History of Bedford, but at length decided to give them under assumed names for obvious reasons, and style them legends.
In order that the customs of our ancestors may not be lost sight of and we fail to appreciate their lives, a series of cuts is added, illustrative of the times and experiences narrated in this work.
With profound gratitude for the many kind words from appreciative readers of the History of the town, this volume of Legends is offered to them and to all who may peruse it, with the hope that it will not only furnish amusement but give helpful instruction.
200 pages, hardbound

Belmont
Crossroads in Psychiatry – A History of the McLean Hospital (Belmont) $19.00
By S. B. Sutton
American Psychiatric Press 1986
This is the first comprehensive history of McLean Hospital, which was founded in 1811. It is a good chronicle of the changes in care of the mentally ill over two centuries.
372 pages, 6×9 hardcover, good condition, dust jacket has 2, 1 inch tears, and wear top and bottom of spine.

Old maps of Lexington, Winchester, Belmont, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Nine framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Lexington (whole town), Lexington (detail), East Lexington (detail), Winchester (whole town), Winchester (detail), Belmont (whole town), Belmont (detail), Belmont (Mt. Auburn), Belmont (Waverly) Nine, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Burlington
Burlington Mass. – Part of a Greater Chronicle $45.00
John E. Fogelberg
Burlington, Mass: Burlington Historical Commission 1976
(from the introduction) “A history of the Town of Burlington has never been published, although several short sketches have appeared in print such as those which became part of Drake’s History of Middlesex County and Hurd’s history with the same title. Martha Sewall Curtis wrote and published a delightful little volume about Burlington in 1909 entitled Ye Olde Meeting House. The unpublished manuscript, A History of Burlington, by Lotta Rice Dunham is in the Burlington Public Library,. The latter volume contains much valuable information concerning real estate in the town since, at the time Mrs. Dunham wrote, 1946, she was working for Murray Real Estate on title search. The only definitive work, and this only treats Burlington’s history when this area was a part of the Town of Woburn, is the Reverend Samuel Sewall’s History of Woburn which was published in 1868.
This present volume is more than just the story of the incorporate Town of Burlington. It is the story of a community, first as a part of another corporate entity, then as a prominent part of that same Town of Woburn, and finally as a municipality in its own right. During its growth from outlying farm, to village, to town, to industrial center, it has developed an individuality and distinction of its own.
No town can grow and prosper in isolation. As John Donne wrote between the times that Plymouth and Salem were founded, “No man is an Island,” so Burlington is not, and never was, an isolated community. Its story is but part of a much larger tapestry. Therefore, what happened elsewhere, as it affects Burlington or Burlington people, has been woven into the fabric primarily as background material.
Burlington’s records have been sadly depleted by two disastrous fires. The Sewall mansion which housed many of the old town records and memoirs of the town’s early divines burned to the ground in 1897. The first Town Hall also was destroyed by fire in 1902, once again destroying records and memorabilia which were irreplaceable. These two events have made research doubly difficult. The Woburn Public Library, however, has been a mine of information and its personnel has been most helpful.
Although I had been collecting various pieces of information for a number of years about Burlington’s past, the incentive to write a history of the town was provided by the Burlington Historical Commission in 1969 when they invited me to “update” the history of the town…..”
Includes a bibliography, many photographs and a map of Burlington in 1799 which shows the name and dwelling of residents.
540 pages, hardcover, very good condition.

Ye Old Meeting House Burlington, Mass. $19.95
Martha E. Sewall Curtis
1909
Addresses and verses relating to the Meeting House Burlington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Built 1732, and other historical addresses.
Table of Contents:
Hymn-One Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary, 1885.
Address-One Hundred and Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of Building of the Meeting House, 1907.
Old Home Songs.
Address-Old Home Sunday, 1908.
Verses-The Old-Time Choir,
Address-A Walk in Old Burlington.
Address-The Opportunity of the Church in the Country Parish.
Hymn-Reunion of Members of the Church of Christ, 1890.
Address-One Hundredth Anniversary of Incorporation of the Town, 1899.
Address–Response to Toast, “The Town of Burlington,”
Woburn, October 7, 1892.
Hymn-Dedication, 1888.
Story of Cuff and Venus.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Burlington Meeting House-1846,. Meeting House, Woburn Precinct-1732,. Portrait-Rev. Samuel Sewall., Meeting House, Burlington-1907,. The Marion Tavern,. Portrait-Samuel Sewall,. The Sewall House,. The “Best Room”-Sewall House.
62 pages, hardbound, very good condition.

Vital Records of Burlington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 $35.00
Compiled by Thomas W. Baldwin
Boston: New England Historical Genealogical Society, 1915
Established February 28, 1799, from part of Woburn. January 20, 1800, part annexed to Lexington.
100 pages, hardbound, good condition..>M>MA.

Cambridge
History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a Genealogical Register $65.00
Lucius R. Paige.
Heritage, (1877) reprint,
Originally Cambridge also encompassed Newton, Lexington, Arlington, and Brighton. Has 300 page genealogical register covering hundreds of families, but only a partial index; see the index and supplement listed under Gozzaldi.
732 pages, maps, index, hardbound, new.

History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, Index and Supplement $69.75
Mary Isabella Gozzaldi.
Heritage, (1930) reprint
This supplement to Paige’s “History of Cambridge, Mass.” contains citations to the people and places in both the historical and genealogical portions, as well as extensive topical citations. The supplement contains additional genealogical data gleaned from the Vital Records of Cambridge and from various church records, town histories, genealogies, and Bibles which greatly extended the genealogies.,
860 pages, hardbound, new.

The Records of the Town of Cambridge (Formerly Newtowne) Massachusetts, 1630-1703 $45.00
Edward J Brandon.
Heritage, (1901) reprint
This volume contains a complete transcription of the first volume of Cambridge records of Town Meetings and Selectmen’s actions for the period 1630-1703, and as such represents an important building block of historical and genealogical documentation.
397 pages, illus., index, cloth

The Cambridge, Massachusetts of 1776 $22.00
Arthur Gilman
Port Washington: Kennikat, 1973
123 pages, 6×9 hardbound, very good condition

Harvard University Directory 1913 $20.00Harvard University Alumni AssociationCambridge: Harvard University, 1913
A catalogue of men now living who have been enrolled as students in the University; including also officers of instruction and Administration. It provides the name dates attended, degrees and current address.
1637 pages, inside covers cracked but attached, shelf wear, price reflects condition.

Radcliffe 1909-1934 – 25th Anniversary Book of the Class of 1909 (Cambridge) $15.00
1934
Each graduate has a short biography which includes address, occupational information, vital statistics, family information and more.
85 pages, hardcover

Ten Year Book Class of 1905 M.I.T. $12.50
1917
236 pages, hardbound, good condition

Carlisle
History of the Town of Carlisle Massachusetts, 1754-1920, with Biographical Sketches of Prominent Persons $65.00
Sidney A. Bull
Cambridge, Mass.: The Murray Printing Co., 1920.
Table of Contents:INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I, The District of Carlisle CHAPTER II, The Second District of Carlisle- Names of First Officials., CHAPTER III (Carlisle a Town – Town Pound – Hearse – Hearse House – Improvement Association -Town Hall-Fire Engine – Carlisle Volunteer Fire Company., CHAPTER IV Post Office-Postmasters-Town Report-Tithingmen-Town Safes-Appraisers at Town Farm-Noon Hour Bell-Railroads., CHAPTER V Early Military History-Names of Revolutionary Soldiers Muster at Concord-Captain Davis Monument- Centennial Anniversary, Concord and Lexington., CHAPTER VI Paupers – Town Farm., CHAPTER VII Schools and Schoolhouses.,
CHAPTER VIII Centennial – Revolutionary Tavern – Flag Staffs and Flags – Town Seal – Home of Rev. and Mrs. Benson Perley Wilkins., CHAPTER IX Burying Grounds-Green Summer House – Heald Memorial Arch – Richardson Mausoleum – Wilson Memorial Chapel., CHAPTER X Bridges.,
CHAPTER XI Civil War – Names of Soldiers., CHAPTER XII Soldiers’ Monument., CHAPTER XIII Free Public Library – Gleason Library – Historic Collection., CHAPTER XIV Town Bounds-Town Clocks-Carlisle Pines-Street Railways – Electric Lighting – Public Telephone Station., CHAPTER XV Town Officials – Town Clerks – Town Treasurers – Selectmen – Representatives – Justices of the Peace – Physicians – Population., CHAPTER XVI Timothy Wilkins’ Deed – Reuben Duren’s Deed – Cyrus Nutting’s Deed- Will of Simon Blood, Junr.- Will of George Robbins – Will of Joanna Gleason – Stop Thief – Died in a Fit – An Old Bill – Deed of Meeting House Pew., CHAPTER XVII Religious Matters – Meeting House – Bells – Horse Sheds – Obligation for Building a Meeting House-Account of Expense of Building the Meeting House – First Religious Society – Church – Litchfield Parsonage – Funeral Sermon, Rev. Paul Litchfield. CHAPTER XVIII Union Calvinistic Church- Carlisle Congregational Church – Congregational Parsonage – Lease of Isaac Duren. CHAPTER XIX Old Home Days., CHAPTER XX Topography – Boundary – Area – Agriculture – Altitude – Tophet Swamp – Brooks – River – Healthful – Copper Mine – Granite., CHAPTER XXI Carlisle Soldiers in the World War., CHAPTER XXII Carlisle, England., CHAPTER XXIII College Graduates. CHAPTER XXIV Survey of Common – Early Customs – Concord Monuments – The Nickles Cranberry Company – Cold Year – Dark Day – Yellow Day – Histories of Carlisle – Wild Pigeons – Long Block., CHAPTER XXV Epitaphs from Central Burying Ground-Epitaphs from Green Cemetery., CHAPTER XXVI
Biographies – Solomon Andrews – Rev. Paul Litchfield – Capt. Thomas Green – John Dana Robbins-Benjamin Franklin Heald -Dr. Austin Marsh – George Frederick Duren – Joanna Parker Gleason – John Proctor Davis – George Heald Robbins – Paul Franklin Litchfield – Daniel Webster Robbins – Capt. Horace Waldo Wilson – Sidney Augustus Bull – John Everett Bull – Mary A. Green – Warren Bradley Chamberlin – William Franklin Litchfield – Dennis A. Long.
365 pages, 6 x 8 hardcover. b & w photos, good condition, light foxing, previous owner’s name fep. crack in binding.

Concord
Concord, Massachusetts $9.95
Sarah Chapin
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1997
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) In this delightful new photographic history,
Concord, Massachusetts, is brought to life through extraordinary images and lively text. Readers are led through an exploration of the town’s history, beginning in 1850, when the community’s business and political life was concentrated along the Milldam from Monument Square to the Old Burying Ground.
The Concord Free Public Library’s special collections department made its repository of glass plate images and photographs available for this historical view of Concord. Portraits of famous legislators and authors-such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson vistas from rivers :and hills, and a rare stereoscopic print of the 1875 centennial celebration are all included in these wonderful pages.
Author Sarah Chapin is a private music teacher as well as a research scholar at the Concord Free Public Library. With Concord, Massachusetts, she has put together a photographic representation of the people of Concord living creatively with their remarkable past. Her insightful book is ideal for residents interested in their heritage and for visitors looking for a comprehensive history of this truly fascinating town.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, good condition

Concord, Massachusetts Then & Now $9.95
Sarah Chapin, Claiborne Dawes and Alice Moulton
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 2001
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) Concord’s photographic history begins in the last third of the eighteenth century and, in this new collection of “then and now” photographs, there is an abundance of the earliest images that capture the old town and its townspeople. Modern images chosen for their resemblances or comparisons illustrate the originally rural community’s transformation into a modern suburb and evoke thoughts of history’s ever-turning progression. Many of the older images in Then & Now: Concord have been given to the authors especially for this publication. Many are part of the Concord Free Public Library’s Special Collection. Most of the modern photographs have been made by photographers Claiborne Dawes and Alice Moulton. Their images show such compelling comparisons as fathers and sons, old houses renovated or replaced with other structures, and the famous old authors with recent famous new ones. Then & Now: Concord will bring murmurs of reminiscence to residents and expressions of interest and curiosity to visitors seeking depth to their understanding of this important New England town.
Sarah Chapin is a historian for the town of Concord and author of Images of America: Concord. Claiborne Dawes, a talented amateur photographer, is a children’s author whose stories are based on actual local events. Alice Moulton is a well-known photographer in Concord whose work has been widely exhibited. Together these three women have brought fresh insight to Concord’s rich history.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, good condition

Concord Mass. in the Days of Strawberries and Streetcars $20.00
Renee Garrelick
Concord, Mass: Concord Historical Com. 1985
Table of Contents: 1 A New Century Dawns, 2 On the Milldam, 3 Your Neighborhood and Mine, 4 When We Were a Couple of Kids, 5 Along the Rivers, 6 Ice Cutting, 7 School Barges and Scholars, 8 Ruts in the Road, 9 The Motor Car Was All the Rage, 10 Clang, Clang, Clang, Went the Trolley, 11 When Helios Passed Through, 12 The Boys of Baseball, 13 Entertainment Was Close to Home, 14 Concord’s Social Circle, 15 Country Doctors, 16 Farming the Land, 17 The Immigrant Experience, 18 Celebrations, 19 Facing up to the Great Depression, 20 We Came on Over, 21 A Time to Beat the Drums Slowly, 22 The North bridge and the 1956 Election Campaign, 23 The Music School of Thomas Whitney Surette, 24 Concord’s Little Drummer Boy, 25 The Joy of Christmas Past,
225 pages, hardbound, dj, spine is faded, some wear, owners name and date on inside front cover.

Clothier of the Assabet (West Concord, Mass.) $15.00 (out of print)
The Mill and town of Edward Carver Damon
Renee Garrelick
Concord, Mass: Privately printed 1988
(from the back cover) The mill era did not pass the historic town of Concord by. From the unpublished diaries and letters of textile mill owner Edward Carver Damon, a powerful town leader, comes a new dimension of 19th century Concord life. The life of the mill, the town’s largest employer, is told amidst a time of great literary ferment and social reform. It was at the site of one of the earliest cotton mills in the nation, that the Industrial Revolutioncame to Concord and the cloth developed there became an American staple. And it was here, during Concord’s golden literary period that a manufacturer of cloth walked in the company of philosopher Kings.
99 pages, softbound, minor wear bottom of front cover and along the crease on the spine.

Old Houses of Concord 10.00 (out of print)
Mary R. Fenn
Concord: Old Concord Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, 1974
Table of contents:
Monument Square and Connecting Streets:
Monument Square, Bedford Street, Lexington Road, Lowell Road, Main Street, Monument Street, Sudbury Road.
Other Town of Concord Streets:
Barrett’s Mill Road, Cambridge Turnpike, Court Lane, Elm Street, Estabrook Road, Fairhaven Road, Fitchburg Turnpike, Harrington Avenue, Hubbard Street, Liberty Street, Middle Street, Old Bedford Road, Old Marlboro Road, Powder Mill Road, Sandy Pond Road, Spencer Brook Road, Virginia Road, Walden Street, Williams Road and Wood Street.
55 pages, 6×9 softbound, good condition, cover and spine faded, small ink mark on cover.

1875 Map of Town of Concord, Massachusetts $15.00
This maps shows house locations and the names of the owner. Inset of Westvale. Reproduced from the 1875 Beers Atlas of Middlesex County
11×14 in a 16×20 matt in Navy blue, reproduction reprinted in black ink on natural-color parchment, slightly reduced in size from the originals.

The Meeting House on the Green – The History of the First Parish in Concord and its Church $29.95
John Whttenmore Teele
First Parish Church of Concord 1985
(from the end flap) There are lots of reasons to read this book, but here are the three best ones.
It’s historic! In 1635, Concord was established as the first inland settlement in New England. The start of the American Revolution was here, with the “shot fired round the world.” A century later, the American literary renaissance blossomed on Concord soil with Henry David Thoreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa May Alcott, and others. There is possibly more history, and more luminaries per century than can be found in any other church volume.
During the long years of Concord’s history, at least three ministers have come into prominence-in Concord and outside its borders. These include Peter Bulkeley in the 17th century, a distinguished refugee from Anglican intolerance and a shining star in the new world. Also, the fiery Revolutionary preacher and patriot, William Emerson, who twisted the tail of the British lion with fervor and with glee. Following came the eminent Ezra Ripley, for 63 years the shepherd of the flock. During his ministry, the evolution from orthodox to “liberal” or “free” religion became, in Concord at least, an accepted reality. In more modern times, Edward Perry Daniels and Dana McLean Greeley, among others, have further defined and illuminated the religious doctrines of their day.
It’s representative! How many American churches can lay claim to 350 years of history? Successive waves of evolving religious thought have shaped the First Parish’s theology, liturgy, governance, and just about every other aspect of parish life as well. Here, in microcosm is the development of American culture in New England.
It’s amusing as well as Informative! The First Parish has been home to fervent evangelists, pious friends, and occasional drunken companions lively as well as dull preachers, and sometimes deaf choir members. Wonderful or trying as they may have been in real life, these people make for good reading now.
May you find laughter as well as wisdom and inspiration in these pages.
361 pages, hardbound, dust jacket, good condition, dj has a few small spots with wear, gift inscription to owner on blank page.

A History of the Trinitarian Congregational Church 1826-1998, Concord, Massachusetts $19.95
Robert A. Watson
Concord: Trinitarian Congregational Church, 2000
ILLUSTRATIONS
Endpapers: Trinitarian Congregational Church, Concord, Massachusetts
Frontis: Trinitarian Congregational Church
Trinitarian Congregational Church sign
Constitution of Second Congregational Society, 1826
Original church, 1826
Pew advertisement, 1826
A Transfer of Membership, 1826
Pew deed, 1828
The Reverend Henry M. Grout, 1872-1885
Manse, built 1884, demolished 1965
The Reverend George A. Tewksbury, 1891-1921
Church Choir, 1892
Marriage certificate, 1894
Officers and committees, 1895-1896
Church constructed, 1898
Civil War bronze plaque
Mourning Victory memorial
The Reverend Gail Cleland, 1921-1928
Fire destroys church, 1924
Cleaning up after the fire, 1924
Clean-up crew coffee break, 1924
Church women serve refreshments, 1924
Notice of the cornerstone laying ceremony, 1925
Groundbreaking ceremony, 1925
Construction underway, 1926
The Reverend George L. Thurlow, 1929-1938
The Reverend Wilfrid H. Bunker, 1938-1942
The Reverend John E. Wallace, 1943-1949
The Reverend Robert H. Barber, 1949-1969
William “Billy” Bowles, Sexton, 1955-1972
Tri Con Gift Shop, 1968
Tri Con volunteers, 1981
Junior Choir, 1960
Church Choir, 1964
Every Member Canvass Team, 1963
The Reverend Dr. Chandler Gilbert, 1971-1988
Life Deacons, Ralph and Marian Hemenway, 1976
Church Choir, 1989
The Reverend David Butler, 1989-1991
The Reverend Dorothy “Mitzi” Hill-Crampton
The Reverend Dr. John Lombard, 1993
John Lombard talks to the children, 1998
The Reverend Dr. Margaret Crockett-Dickerman
The Reverend Shawnthea Monroe-Mueller, 1996-1999
Three ministers, 170th anniversary, 1996
Senior High Youth Group, 1999
Choir jazz service, 1999
Interior of Trinitarian Congregational Church, 1998
Exterior of Trinitarian Congregational Church, 1998
A Selection of Church Special Services Publications
173 Pages, 6 x 9 hardbound, very good condition

The Day of Concord and Lexington $25.00
Allen French
Reprint circa 1970’s, 1925
Table of contents: The 19th in History, The General Situation, Boston in 1774-1775, American Preparations, Flintlocks and Marksmanship, Both Sides Make Ready, Gage and His Problem, The Evening of April 18th, Paul revere and William Dawes, Revere’s Ride, The News in Lexington, The Firing at Lexington, American Testimony on Lexington, British Statements, Doolittle’s Picture and British Tactics, The Provincials retreat Before the British, The Regulars in Concord, The Search for Military Stores, Concord Fight, British tactics Again, William Emerson at the Fight, The Americans on Jones Hill, The boy and His Hatchet, Merriam’s Corner, Smith’s Desperate Case, The Rescue, Percy’s Hill in Lexington, The Fight in Menotomy, The American Fire, Pickering’s Chance, The British Reach Safety, Summary, Bibliography, Index.
295 pages, hardbound red cloth, very good condition.>LEX

Concord River $4.50
Barrie Publishers, Barrie Massachusetts 1964
by Laurence Eaton Richardson with the photographs of Katherine Knowles
“Containing some account of it’s geology, geography and anthropology, it’s influence on the people of it’s valley and their use of it.” Nice bits of history in this volume.
73 pages, hardbound several pages have some underlining on them

Lexington and Concord in Color $9.95
Text by Stewart Beach and Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain
(from the end flap) LEXINGTON AND CONCORD are place-names inseparably bound up with the beginnings of American independence. Not only do they have a prominent place in the Profiles of America for the historic events they witnessed, but because after 200 years many of the landmarks of the Freedom Trail still stand. From the Lexington green, where Captain John Parker lined up his militia, to the Old North Bridge over the Concord, where the embattled farmers pushed back the British columns, we can visualize the scene and recall the feelings of the patriots on April 19, 1775, through the scholarly text of Stewart Beach and the glowing color photographs of Samuel Chamberlain.
In the essay Mr. Beach gives what is practically a refresher lecture for those of us who have let current events overwhelm awareness of our nation’s past. Here is a balanced account of the sturdy New Englanders who refused to let the British Parliament abrogate liberties guaranteed to their forefathers. Here is evidence of how the men of Lexington and Concord stood firm with the patriots of Boston in repulsing the exactions of the royal government of the Province, and how they contributed to the defense of their fellow citizens.
Along the historic road from Boston to the colonial houses of Concord, Samuel Chamberlain found an extraordinary number of objects worthy of his, camera. As Mr. Beach points out, Concord has an additional claim to fame, for from this country village ,came ideas and writings by Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau, Bronson Alcott, and Louisa May Alcott that strongly influenced American culture in the 19th century.
94 pages, hardbound, dust jacket, (new book)

The Lexington-Concord Battle Road $7.50
The First National Bank of Boston, 1975, 1960
Interesting chronology of the events that took place along the battler road on April, 19, 1775
74 pages, 6×9 softbound, good condition.

Old Concord Mass. Seen Through Western Spectacles. $10.00
Samuel Merwin
Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 1926. 1st. ed
Concord as seen in 1926.
32 pages, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 hardbound, some soiling on cover, good condition

Old maps of Concord, Lincoln, Acton, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Ten framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Concord (whole town), Concord (detail), Westvale (Concord), Lincoln (whole town) for in the end of the, Lincoln (detail), South Lincoln, Acton (whole town), West Acton, South Acton, Acton detail and Whetherbees Mills.
Ten 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

The Minutemen and Their World (Concord, Mass) $5.50
Robert A. Gross
NY: Hill & Wang, 1976
(from the preface) Many writers have told concord’s story. For the most part, theirs have been tales of great events and great men-of the “embattled farmers” and the distinguished writers who have brought fame to the town. This book takes a different approach. It sets the Concord Fight, as it used to be known, in the context of the townspeople’s ordinary lives, before and after April 19, 1775. It examines how the citizens farmed the land, raised their families, and carried on their politics at the end of the colonial period. Within this setting, it then asks what brought them to the bridge, and it shows how the peculiar tensions and social patterns of the town shaped both its response to revolution and what men did on April 19. Finally, it traces the townspeople through the Revolution and the war into the new republic and links the world of the Minutemen to that of Emerson and Thoreau. In this way, the Minutemen emerge as real people, with hopes and fears, ambitions and doubts, ideals and interests. Without such a connection between the soldiers at the bridge and the people of the town, it is difficult to comprehend the human meaning of the Revolution-to see it as a social force in men’s lives, affecting what they would plant, where they would live, and what they could hope to achieve. Freedom, they knew, and we need to recall, is an intensely practical matter.
This study is part of the “new social history.” It is based on a reconstruction of eighteenth-century Concord from such sources as vital records, genealogies, tax and assessment lists, wills, deeds, petitions, and the minutes of town meetings. Through the use of statistical methods and with the aid of a computer, such records can reveal the life of a whole community in surprisingly intimate detail. They allow one to write history “from the bottom up”-to tell the story of ordinary men and women who have left behind few of the diaries and letters on which historians have long relied. Unfortunately, quantitative social history can be dull and tedious work, and at times it requires technical knowledge and skills. in this book, I have chosen to relate Concord’s response to revolution directly and simply, without flogging the evidence…
242 pages, softbound, good condition, crease on cover next to spine, BEANE written on inside front cover.

Souvenir and Guide to Historic Concord and Lexington $19.95Concord, Mass.: John W. Craig, Pub.; 1903
35 pages, 6 x 10 softbound, b & w photos; good condition, minor tears on cover edges, spine repaired with clear tape.

The Old Manse and the People Who Lived There $6.95
Paul Brooks
Trustees of the Reservation, 1983
Table of Contents:
Introduction
William Emerson Patriot Minister
Ezra Ripley a Living Legend
William Emerson II between Two Worlds
Mary Moody Emerson-Brilliant Eccentric
Ralph Waldo Emerson-a Second War of Independence
Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne-Three Years in Eden
Samuel Ripley-Kindly Autocrat
Sarah Alden Ripley-gentle polymath
Edward Simmons-From the Old Manse to the Waldorf-Astoria
Epilogue
Bibliography
95 pages, 6 x 9 softbound, good condition, slight wear around the edges.

History of the Concord Country Club Concord, Massachusetts 1895-1982 $10.00
Sally D. Parker
Table of contents
Gulf comes to America, 1888
Golf comes to Concord the Prichard links, 1895
The Concord golf club to Nashawtuc Farm, 1895-1913
The Concord Country Club, Brown Farm the Building Years, 1913-1920
The golden decade, 1920-1930
Hard times, 1930-1946
New Ideas, Old Principles, 1945-1982
Capital Expenditures Comparisons
Founding Members of the Concord Golf Club 1895
Club Presidents
Concord Golf Club Nashawtuc Farm 1897
Map of Links of the Concord Golf Club 1897
Bibliography
39 pages, 5 x 8 softbound pamphlet, good condition, some stains on the front cover.

Framingham
History of Framingham 1640-1880 With a Genealogical Register $60.00 (half price because of condition)J. H. Temple
Town Of Framingham 1887
Table of contents:
Chapter I: A Topography and Natural Features of the Territory, Mill Seats, First Notices of the place, Name of the Town, with Brief Notices of Sudbury, Marlborough, Natick Sherborn
Chapter II: History of the Indians Who Occupied the Framingham territory.
Chapter III First Coming of the English, Old Connecticut Path, Beaver Dam, Land Grants and Early Settlements by the Whites, Mr. Danforth’s Leases and Will, Covering Our History As a Plantation, 1633 — 1699
Chapter IV: The Town, Petitions for Incorporation, Obstacles, Opposition of Sherborn, Packs of Incorporation, the First Meetinghouse, Town Officers, Rev. John Swift, Formation of Church, Seating Meetinghouse, Schools, Garrison Houses, Industries, New Highways, Tax List 1710. 1699 — 1710
Chapter V: Dark Days, Duties of Town Officers, Emigrations, Bills of Credit, How Col. Buckminster Disposed of the Common and Reserved Lands, Meetinghouse Land, the Neck, the 600 Acres on Nobscot, Father Ralle’s War the Age, the Second Meetinghouse, Attempted Division of the Town, Rev. Mr. Swift, New Framingham, Rev. Matthew Bridge, Old French and Indian War, Great Sickness, Last French and Indian War, Brinley Farm, Temperance, Colored Inhabitants, Industries, Taverns, Highways, Population. 1710 — 1763
Chapter VI: War of the Revolution. 1763 — 1783
Chapter VII:: 1783 — 1830. Ministerial Candidates, Death by Lightning, Rev. David Kellogg, Shays Rebellion, Singing, Framingham Academy, Smallpox, Pleasure Carriages, the Several Villages in 1800, Mail and the Post Office, Masonic Lodge, the Artillery Company, the First Baptist Church, First Methodist Church, Brackets Corner, Third Meetinghouse, Worcester Turnpike, Newcomers, War of 1812, Capt. John Temples Company, the Cotton Factory, the Great Low, Fire Engine, Saxon Factory, Carpet Factory, Paper Mills, Infantry Company, the Bindery, Hatters, Saxonville Post Office, Industries, Taverns, Highways.
Chapter VIII: 1830 — 1880. Ecclesiastical Matters, Separation of Church and Parish, Hollis Evangelical Society, Church of the First Parish, Rev. William Barry, New Meetinghouse, Rev. Dr. Kellogg, Rev. George Trask, and Successors, Saxonville Religious Society Camp Edwards Church, Universalist Church, Catholic Church Saxonville, so Framingham Baptist Church, South Congregational Church, Universalist Society, Fire Department, Cemeteries, Town Man, Bonnet Manufacturers, Banks, Tin Shop, New Town Hall, Newspapers, Railroad, Silk Company, India Rubber Companies, Shoe Manufacturers, so Framingham Post Office, Town Library, State Normal School, Boston Waterworks, so Framingham, Common Rebellion War Records, South Middlesex Agricultural Society, Can Meeting Association, State Muster Grounds, Provision for the Poor, Industries.
Chapter IX: Town Schools.
Biographical Sketches: Rev. Charles Train, Rev. Arthur Savage Train, Col. Moses Edgell, George Phipps, Cyrus Eaton.
The Genealogical Register of Framingham Families Including all who took a Residence in Town before 1860.
794 pages, hardbound, falling apart, lousy condition, some lost pages were photo copied. This is what’s known as a reading copy.

Framingham, Mass. Historical Reflections $14.95
Edited by Martha E. Dewar & M. Joan Gilbert
275th Anniversary Committee 1974
I read this book and learned a few things I did not know about Framingham. Crispus Attucks the first person killed in the Boston Massacre was from Framingham, The Women’s Prison was in Sherborn until 1924 when Sherbon made a gift of 565 acres to Framingham, which included the prison and the State Militia grounds are now the State Police Training Center on Route 9.
Table of Contents:
Part I-An Historical Narrative, Part II-Topical Reflections , History Highlights, Framingham, Ancient Name, Origin of the Town Seal, First Framingham Industry, A Tale of War in Framingham, Escape From Witchcraft, Town Meeting Accommodations, The Boston Massacre, Crispus Attucks and Peter Salem , The Nixons of Framingham , The Name Saxonville, Margaret Knight, Inventor, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Lake View at Framingham, Harmony Grove, Dissent Without Disorder, Women in Politics, Daniel J. Cooney,. Patriots’ Day 1875, Marathon and Patriots’ Day, Framingham at the Turn of the Century, Mt. Wayte Demonstration, 565 Acres of Sherborn, Taverns in the Town, Monuments Mark Historic Sites, Minute Man Monument, Henry Knox Memorial, Framingham Commons, Early Highways and Bridges of Framingham, The Old Road to Holliston, Ponds and Streams of Framingham, Preservation of Open Land, Richness in Recreation, Framingham Centre Architecture , Historic Buildings Preserved, Automobile Production, General Motors in Framingham, Historic Millwood Farm, Congregational Conference Center Land, Algonquian Council, Mail Delivery Through the Years, The Framingham Court, Cycling Aid to Health , Community Health Demonstration, The Framingham Heart Study Program, Framingham Chapter, Red Cross, Hospital Services Today, 269 Years of Education, State College Expansion, School Growth, History of Framingham Newspapers, Framingham Men in Action-World War 11, 100 Acres Now Fully Occupied, No Housing Vacancies Locations for Airports, Dr. Arthur J. Eames, Meta Warrick Fuller, Missionaries to China, William Curtis Wakefield , Changes in Government, 1969-Facts About Framingham, The Town Where We Live
177 pages, hardbound, autographed and inscribed in calligraphy “To Hon. Wlm. G. Flynn, Secretary, Dept. of Comm. Affairs, Comm. of Massachusetts A memento of a pleasant visit on May 5, 1975. Patrick A. O’Grady, Chairman, Framingham. Housing Auth. Framingham, Mass. 1700 – 1975”

Old maps of Framingham, Ashland, Sherborn, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Framingham (whole town), Framingham Center, South Framingham, Saxonville (Framingham), Ashland (whole town), Ashland Village, Cutler’s Mills (Ashland), Sherborn (whole town), Sherborn (detail).
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Images of America – Framingham Massachusetts $11.95
Laurie Evans-daily Daly and David C. Gordon
Dover, New Hampshire: Arcadia publishing, 1997
(from the back cover) Framingham is a fascinating town whose rich history began in the 17th century. Originally inhabited by the Nipmucs, this “wilderness land” was explored by English adventurers and soon after witnessed the fury of King Phillips war. At first a haven for Salem families seeking refuge from the witchcraft hysteria, Framingham grew to become one of the most populous towns in America.
As an agrarian society transformed itself into a center for commerce and manufacturing in the late 18th and 19th centuries, the economic life of the town shifted from Framingham Center to sell Framingham. The importance of the Boston to Worcester stagecoach stop faded as the railroad spurred new growth. Rapid development of industry and infrastructure followed and Framingham became the home of many “firsts”: the nation’s earliest teachers College and the first prison for women are both located here. In 1951 one of the world’s first shopping malls, Shoppers World was built along the notorious route 9, Framingham, a marvelous photographic history containing over 200 carefully selected images, explores the exciting evolution of this intriguing Massachusetts community.
Laurie Evans-Daly and David C. Gordon, along with other members of the Framingham historical Society, have combed files, photograph albums, special collections, and personal archives to bring to life the past of their town of this volume. Framingham highlights the people, places, and events that built the town over the last 300 years, and will surely be treasured by generations to come.
128 pages, 6 X 9 softbound, good condition.

Holliston
Old maps of Hopkinton, Holliston, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Hopkinton (whole town), Hopkinton (North part), Hopkinton (South part), Woodville (Hopkinton), Hayden Row (Hopkinton), Holliston (whole town), Holliston Village, Holliston (Metcalfe’s) (East Holliston).
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Hopkinton
Old maps of Hopkinton, Holliston, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Hopkinton (whole town), Hopkinton (North part), Hopkinton (South part), Woodville (Hopkinton), Hayden Row (Hopkinton), Holliston (whole town), Holliston Village, Holliston (Metcalfe’s) (East Holliston).
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Hudson
Bicentennial Scrapbook (Hudson, Mass) $10.00
By The Hudson Historical Society 1976
I – Indian Heritage
II – Early History
III – 1866 and After
IV – Town Meetings
V   – Industries
VI – Public Buildings
VII – Transportation
VIII – Entertainment
IX   – Contributors to Hudson’s Development
X    – Hudson Contributors to Society
XI   – Reminiscences
XII – Bits and Pieces
XIV – Hudson Historical Society
XV   – Bicentennial in Hudson
An Appreciation
Map of Feltonville – 1853
Odds and ends of Hudson’s history. Includes map of Feltonville in 1853. I saw this for $20.00 in a used bookstore a few towns away.
189 pages 6×9 softbound, crease on spine some cover wear. remnants of price sticker on cover.

1875 Map of Town of Hudson, Massachusetts $15.00
This maps shows house locations and the names of the owner. Reproduced from the 1875 Beers Atlas of Middlesex County
11×14 in a 16×20 matt Navy blue or light blue, reproduction reprinted in black ink on natural-color parchment, slightly reduced in size from the originals.

Hudson, Massachusetts $18.99
Lewis Halprin and the Hudson Historical Society
Arcadia Publishing, 1999, 2000
This fascinating photographic history tells the story of Hudson, a peaceful New England town with a rich history. The first resident, John Barnes, came to the area in 1698 and built a gristmill by a waterfall on the Assabet River. Later, a sawmill was built, followed by several small industries that huddled around the mill. By 1850, railroads came to the area, now called Feltonville, as did many factories. In 1886, the area became the Town of Hudson, and it continued to grow with modern factories, a more diversified industry, banks, schools, and a wonderful new town hall.
The people of Hudson have always had an exemplary pride and courage in times of struggle. During the Civil War, several local homes were stations in the Underground Railroad, and many Hudson men took up arms to defend abolition. In 1894 disaster struck when a fire grew into an inferno and destroyed more than 40 buildings in the heart of the town. The same citizen zeal and courage that originally built the town built a new town to rise in place of the ashes…
128 pages, 6×9 softbound, new

Lexington
Lexington, Mass – A Century of Photographs $19.95
Beverly Allison Kelly
Lexington Historical Society 1980
This is a representative portion of the Lexington Historical Societies photo archives. A nicely done book.
Table of Contents: Neighborhoods & farms, Homes of Distention, Early Churches and Schools, Lexington park, Central Business District, East Village.
138 pages, hardbound, dust jacket

Lexington, Mass. and Concord, Mass. in Color $9.95
Text by Stewart Beach and Photographs by Samuel Chamberlain
See description under Concord.
94 pages, hardbound, dust jacket, (new book)

Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, Vol. II 1890-1899 $32.00
Lexington, Mass: Lexington Historical Society, 1900
Table of Contents: The First English Proprietors of the Site of Lexington Village, Lexington Sixty Years Ago, Elias Phinney, The Military Organization of Lexington, Kite End, Solomon Brown, Some Account of Lieut. John Munroe, His Family and His Farm, History of the Stone Building, Early Schools and Schoolmasters, Reminiscences of the Fur Industry, The Milk Business and Milk Men of Earlier Days, Work of Lexington Women in the War of The Rebellion.
214 pages, hardbound, minor wear on cover.

Proceedings of the Lexington Historical Society, Vol. IV 1905-1910 $32.00
Lexington, Mass: Lexington Historical Society, 1900
Table of Contents: The Early Schools of Lexington, The Battle of Lexington in England, The Ant-Masonic Movement, Particularly in Lexington, The Existence and the Extinction of Slavery in Massachusetts, Diary and Letters of Claira Robbins, 1794-1881, The Rev. Jonas Clarke, Minister and Patriot, Extracts From Letters of Miss Betty Clarke, Written in 1841, Samuel Adams, Architectural Yesterdays in Lexington, Historical Events Leading up To the Battle of Lexington and Concord, Some Memories of the Baptist Church in Lexington, Growth of the Baptist Church, Obituaries: Hannah McLean Greely, Elizabeth W. Harrington, Cornelius Wellington, James Smith Munroe.
191 pages, hardbound, minor wear on cover.

Lincoln
The View From Lincoln Hill $10.00
Paul Brooks
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company 1976
In telling the story of his hometown of Lincoln, Massachusetts, Paul Brooks touches on many themes that are vital today. An old town suddenly become a suburb, Lincoln faces a common problem. Yet Lincoln has been widely cited for maintaining rural values against mounting urban pressure – it has controlled its growth, preserved open space, and resisted ruthless exploitation. How has this come about?
The story goes back to the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and of Concord, the first inland settlement, of which Lincoln was then a part. It describes the surprisingly “modern” views of Governor Winthrop and his contemporaries on what would today be called “planned development.” It traces the evolution of that unique institution, the New England Town Meeting: the “school of democracy” where so many of the leaders of the American Revolution got their first training in political action. From hitherto unpublished records, it paints a vivid picture of how the war itself looked to the citizens of this little village, beginning with the dramatic events of April 19, 1775.
A long chapter is devoted to the cultural revolution that took place some sixty years later in neighboring Concord – a war of literary independence against both the stifling traditions of Europe and the crass materialism of a newly industrialized America. Writers like Emerson and Thoreau, Hawthorne and Alcott, found freedom and inspiration by turning to the land, to the world of nature. As it entered the twentieth century, Lincoln was still a small town. With the explosive growth of the suburbs, it was able to maintain its character and identity while playing its part in the larger community. The final chapter, “Room for Living,” outlines the specific methods by which this has been accomplished.
Though the focus is on the land itself, The View from Lincoln Hill also encompasses many of the lighter aspects of New England history, its people and its way of life. The author’s charming pen-and-pencil drawings give us an intimate, visual introduction to the country about which he writes.
273 pages, hardbound, good condition, dust jacket has some light marks and is a little ragged top & bottom of spine.

Voiceprints of Lincoln, Mass. $35.00
Ruth Moulton Ragan
Lincoln, Mass: Lincoln Historical Society, 1991
(from the end flaps)
“Here is history with more than the usual factual manner.  Rather, it is a personal account of some pivotal years in the evolution of Lincoln MA.  A pioneer in the field of land planning and conservation, as a change from farming community to unique suburb of the industrial age, and in that account the inner spirit of the towns captured.
For the use of oral history, 12 narrators reveal in this book their own personal memories of Lincoln from the 1880s to 1929.
Oral history, in its broadest terms, has been with us for eons.  Before the advent of the written word, it was through mankind’s spoken stories and memories of the past that the links between the generations were forged.
At the dawn of the 20th-century the orator at the hundred fiftieth birthday of the town of Lincoln had this concept in mind as he stood before his audience. Speaker Charles Francis Adams Jr. was about to deliver an address some history of the town, but first he gave his audience a charge.
He told them they should leave a record of the everyday life and Lincoln for their descendants 150 years in the future, in the year 2054.  He deplored the fact that the early settlers of the town had left no such written record of their life.  He said: while we can send a message for, we cannot send one back….
One of the goals of this book is to help carry out that charge for future generations of systems.  But there’s also a broader goal.  For along with details of daily life and Lincoln, there is a story of some pivotal years and Lincoln during late 19th-century early 20th-century unfold rural America was giving way to the new industrial America.
Numerous turn-of-the-century photographs and charming documentation this engaging work.”
205 pages, hardbound, new.

Lowell
Lowell, Mass. As It Was, And As It Is $29.95
Rev. Henry Adolphus Miles
New York: Arno Press, 1972, 1846 second edition
Fascinating glimpse of the early days of Lowell as a manufacturing center.
Table of Contents: Indian History, First Canal, East Chelmsford, Waltham the Parent of Lowell, Purchase of the Canal and Farms, Commencement of Operations, Reorganization, The New Manufacturing Village, The Town of Lowell, The City of Lowell, Locks and Canals Company, Merrimack Manufacturing Company, Hamilton Manufacturing Company, Appleton Manufacturing Company, Lowell Manufacturing Company, Middlesex Manufacturing Company, Suffolk Manufacturing Company, Tremont Manufacturing Company, Lawrence Manufacturing Company, Boot Manufacturing Company,, Massachusetts Manufacturing Company,, Smaller Manufacturing and Mechanical Establishments, Lowell in 1845, A Lowell Corporation, A Lowell Boarding-house, A Lowell Cotton Mill, Lowell Calico Printing, A Lowell Woolen Mill, A Lowell Carpet Mill, Hours of Labor, Wages, Provisions for the Comfort and Health of the Operatives, Moral Police of the Corporation, Boarding House Statistics, Mill Statistics, Moral and Intellectual Advantages, Churches, Schools, City Library, Lowell Offering, Savings’ Bank, Ministry at Large, Lowell Hospital, Lowell Dispensary, Howard Benevolent Society, Lowell Cemetery, Conclusion.
Appendix: Francis Cabot Lowell, Paul Moody, Kirk Boot, Warren Colburn, Luther Lawrence, Robert Means.
234 pages, 6×9 hardbound, good condition.

Paddy Camps: The Irish of Lowell, Mass. 1821-1861 $39.99
Brian C. Mitchell
Illinois: University of Illinois Press, 1988.
There must be something I don’t know about this book. Other dealers are selling it for between $99.99 and $170.00.
Table of contents:
1. Introduction
2. The Early Immigrants, 1821-30
3. The First Years, 1831-35
4. Growing Pains, 1836-48
5. The Pattern of Employment, 1838-50
6. The Impact of Famine Emigrants, 1845-55
7. The Know-Nothing Crisis, 1847-55
8. Aftermath: The Meaning of Community, 1855-61 Tables and Figures
Notes
Bibliography
Bibliographical Essay
Index
155 pages. 6×9 hardbound, End Notes: 66 pages, Condition: Very good

Maynard
Old maps of Sudbury, Wayland, Maynard Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Sudbury (whole town), Sudbury Village, South Sudbury, Wayland (whole town), Cochituate (Wayland), Wayland Village, Maynard (whole town), Maynard Village.
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Assabet Mills, Maynard, Massachusetts $18.99
Paul Boothroyd and Lewis Halprin
Dover, NH: Arcadia Publishing, 1999
Images of America Series.
(from the back cover) The sleepy town of Assabet Village woke up very quickly when the Assabet Mills was built in 1847. Dams were constructed on the river, millponds were created, and large mills began producing yarn and carpets. Soon the village was turning into a town with stores, churches, schools, and government. As the mill grew, so did the town; the population grew to 7,000 people by 1905. During good times, the mill prospered, but during bad times, it faltered and had to re-invent itself. It had almost as many lives as the proverbial cat. The carpet mill faltered in 1857, but in 1862, the Assabet Manufacturing Company started producing woolen materials and blankets to support the Civil War. This mill faltered in 1898, but in 1899, the American Woolen Company bought the mills and greatly expanded them. In 1950, the woolen company faltered and shut down completely, but in 1957, Digital Equipment moved in. Digital faltered in 1997 and sold the buildings to Clock Tower Place, which is converting the mills into first-class industrial space. Today, the mills are attracting a new set of small industries.
This book is filled with images of the various “lives” of the mill complex. Photographs featured within these pages show mill employees at work and at play; workers’ homes; the evolution of the mill buildings; and the products produced and sold by the mill. There is even a chapter that shows how wool products are produced.
Paul Boothroyd is the archivist for the Maynard Historical Society, whose archive has contributed most of this volume’s images. Lew Halprin, also a member of the Maynard Historical Society, is the coauthor of four other Arcadia titles about nearby towns. Come along with Paul and Lew and share this visual life story of a mill complex and the ups and downs of the lives of its owners, its workers, and its town.
128 pages, 6½ x 9½ softbound, new

Methuen
Historical Sketch of the Town of Methuen, Massachusetts from a Settlement to the Year 1876 $46.00
Joseph S. Howe
Methuen, Massachusetts: 1876
Brief History.
48 Pages, Hardbound, Good Condition. <con>

The Catalog of Epitaphs from the Old Burying Ground on Meetinghouse Hill in Methuen, Massachusetts $50.00 (rare)
Methuen, Massachusetts: Methuen Historical Society, 1897
(from the Introduction) In the year 1728 the town of Methuen voted: “that they should be a graveyard provided in the town somewhere near the Meetinghouse.” They selected piece of land “20 rods and land by six or seven in width”. This burying ground was the only one in the town for almost fifty years and was commonly used for 100 years or more, but within the last 40 years there’d been few intranets and it has gradually fallen into disuse and neglect.
At the annual meeting of the first church, in 1895, their attention was called to the neglected condition of the old burying ground with the gratifying result, — that through the kindly interest and generosity of Mr. Edward Searles, and authority granted by the town, they’ve assumed its control and improvement.
The work is being done under the supervision of Mr. Charles Mann, to whom we are indebted for the copies of the epitaphs upon the old gravestones, which appear in the following pages.
Hundred and 16 pages, hardbound, back cover missing, front cover loose, spine worn, pages in good condition.<con>

Newton
History of the Early Settlers of Newton, Mass. 1639-1800 With a Genealogical Register of its Inhabitants Prior to 1800 $45.00
Francis Jackson
Heritage 1987 Facsimile reprint of 1854 edition
Table of contents: Name of the town, First Settlers, Early Grants and Boundaries, Early Conveyances, Highway, Separation of Cambridge Village from the Town of Cambridge, Education, Provisions for the Poor, Burying Grounds, The Common at Newton Center, Indians, Slavery, The Charles River, Mills and Factories at Upper Falls, the Lower Falls, Ponds and Brooks, First Grist Mill, Plan of Newton, Ecclesiastical History , War of the Revolution, Officers of Newton Who Served in the War of the Revolution, Newton Man Who Served More or Less in the War of the Revolution, Town Clerks and Treasurers, Selectmen., Annual Town Tax, Representatives to the General Court, Population, Direct Tax of the United States, 1798, Genealogical Register
About 2/3rds genealogical register of residents prior to 1800. Map and index.
555 pages, softbound, (New Book)

Pepperell
Pepperell, Massachusetts (Images of America) $9.50
Joanne Saunders Foley
Arcadia Publishing, 1996
(from the back cover) Settlers arrived in Pepperell as early as 1655, attracted by good farmland and the waters of the Nashua and Nissitissit Rivers. In a petition granted in 1742 by the general court, the area today recognized as Pepperell became known as Groton West Parrish. Eventually the town was named in honor of Sir William Pepperell of Kittery, Maine…
In this marvelous new photographic history, author Joanne Saunders Foley chronicles the development of Pepperell from mid-nineteenth to the early twentieth century. Come along and enjoy vintage views of celebrations, parades and firemen’s musters and read all about the “witch” of North Pepperell…
127 pages, good condition, covers have some light creasing.

Somerville
150 Years of King Solomon’s Lodge A. F. & A. M 1783-1933 $ 15.00
Somerville, Massachusetts: 1933
History of the Lodge founded in the part of Charlestown that was later become Somerville. Includes a list of the Charter member is 1783, Masters, Treasurers, Secretaries, Members-1933, Bylaws of the King Solomon’s Lodge., A. F. & A. M. A few photos and illustrations.
70 pages, 6 x 9 hardbound, good condition, some arriving on the covers, corners bumped.

Sherborn
Old maps of Framingham, Ashland, Sherborn, Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Framingham (whole town), Framingham Center, South Framingham, Saxonville (Framingham), Ashland (whole town), Ashland Village, Cutler’s Mills (Ashland), Sherborn (whole town), Sherborn (detail).
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

StowHistory of Stow – Tercentenary 1683 Edition 1983 $19.95
By Ethel B Childs
Stow Historical Society 1983
Table of Contents
Editors’ Introduction Author’s Preface
List of Illustrations
Chapter 1 The 17th Century Early settlers Establishing a Town Search for a Minister Life in the 17th Century The Regicide
Chapter 2 The 18th Century
The Period of John Eveleth
The Rev. John Gardner: a Period of Quiet Growth
Leading Toward the American Revolution
A New Minister-and the American Revolution
Chapter 3 The 19th Century
A Century of Growth and Change The Civil War 1861-1865
Some Outstanding Stow People of this Period
John W. Brooks
Alonzo Parks John Witt Randall Col. Elijah Hale Edwin Whitney
The Bicentennial of Stow
Chapter 4 The 20th Century World War I Immigrations World War II The Tercentenary
The Tercentenary Weekend
Epilogue
Appendix
Bibliography
Index
Three hundred years of Stow history. Lots of photographs.
194 pages, hardbound, dust jacket is wrinkled and has a closed tear on the back, good condition.

Recollections of Stow, Massachusetts $9.00
(Also includes the pamphlet “There is a Tavern in the Town, in the Town”)
Francis W. Warren
Stow: Stow Historical Society, 1990
Foreword
Pilot Grove Farm Owners from 1782 to 1990 Introduction.
I The People Who Came
The English
Revolutionary War Prisoners Who Stayed the Irish
The Danes
The Norwegians and Swedes
Returned Loyalists
More English, Scots, and Irish
The Finns
The Poles
The Greeks and Albanians
The Canadians
The Germans
II Farming in Stow
Dairy Farming
Princeton Pasture
Orchards
Marketing Produce in Boston Haying
Hay Crops
Market Gardening
Poultry Farming
Horses
Sleigh Bells
Veterinarians
Farm Organizations
III. Growing Up In Stow
Hanging May Baskets Hide and Go Seek
Winter Fun—Sliding Sunday School Picnics Mt. Monadnock
Dances-1920’s
School in Stow 1910-1922 School Transportation
IV. Stow Businesses of the Past
Nail Cutting
Tanning
Leather Goods
Lumbering
Sawmills
Ice Harvesting
The Central Garage
V. Stories of Stow
Some Unusual Happenings, the Forty Boys Ecology
Pilot Grove Hill Tatler Birches Winter, Years Ago
The Great Blizzard of 1978
Rev. Jonathan Newell and Minister’s Pond The Itinerant Trader
Organ Pumpers
Tiffany, the Cosset Lamb
VI. Town Affairs.
Stow’s Part in the American Revolution Relevant to Revolutionary History
Cornwallis Day
Slavery in Stow—Youbel Stone, Freed
Dogs in the Meeting House
Town Hall Story
Watering Places for Horses
Street Names
Boston Post Cane Depression Project Notes on World War II
Christmas Packages
The Home Call
Fire Department, Equipment, and Fires in Stow
VII. Stories about Stow Personalities
Deacon Charles W. Robinson Clarence Braman
Arthur H. Rice
Hans Christian Hansen
Robert Stillman Priest
Francis H. Stevens and Charles A. Staples
J. Albert (Pa) Addy
The Rev. Howard F. Smith, Jr. William Rodney Hendy
George P. Schultz
The Smith Family
Jonathan Priest
Marshall Parks Lewis
Jerome Dwinells and Family
Aunt Carrie (Warren) Smith and Bill Smith Honoring Norman Castle and Stillman Priest Helen (Novick) Brown
Luke Brooks and the Great Stone Face Hearsey-Ferguson Family
Edward Jensen
VIII. Quotations and Memorabilia
Appendix A Boundaries of Stow
Appendix B Public Lands in Stow (From Town Records)
132 pages, 6×0 softbound, good condition.

“There is a Tavern in the Town, in the Town” (included with Recollections of Stow, Massachusetts)
Stow Tercentenary Committee, 1983
(From the forward)
There is a tavern in the town….
In fact some say there were once sixteen of them, but this is questionable, as is some of the information about them.
This is not a scholarly production, but a lighthearted booklet giving glimpses of an aspect of ,our past.
Many of these taverns and inns, like many of our old houses, have no accurately known dates. Research in the Middlesex County Court House in East Cambridge is very interesting, albeit time-consuming, and if we could find original owners and dates it would be time well spent…..
15 page pamphlet

Stow, Massachusetts $12.00 (in print at $21.99)
Images of America
Lewis Halprin, Barbara Sipler
Stow Historical Society, 1999
     Welcome to Stow, a picturesque New England village preparing to face the new millennium while keeping its roots firmly planted in 300 years of history. Primarily a farming community for much of its existence, Stow’s country-like character is still evident in its open spaces, most of which are now apple orchards, golf courses, and conservation lands.
     Within these pages, you will discover the classic charm of Stow’s village center, with its pristine white church, town hall, library, and its one and only traffic light. Take a leisurely stroll past row upon row of apple trees, and learn how early settlers utilized the power of the area’s small brooks and rivers. Here golfers enjoy the relaxation of four beautifully kept golf courses and nature lovers spend hours exploring Stow’s many hiking trails.
     Author Bio: Compiled by Lewis Halprin and Barbara Sipler on behalf of the Stow Historical Society, this collection brings to life over a century of memories to share with future generations. The magic passport for transportation into Stow’s unique past is right here in your hand. to operate, just grab a comfortable chair, prop up your feet, open this book, and embark upon a fascinating journey back in time.
128 pages, very good condition.

Sudbury
Old maps of Sudbury, Wayland, Maynard Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Sudbury (whole town), Sudbury Village, South Sudbury, Wayland (whole town), Cochituate (Wayland), Wayland Village, Maynard (whole town), Maynard Village.
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Longfellow’s Wayside Inn, Sudbury Massachusetts $2.50 & $1.00 s&h
Carol J. Maconi in Collaboration with Barbara Deveneau
Southborough, Mass. Yankee Color Corp. the Printing: 1979.
Short History of the Inn with Some Nice Photographs.
26 Page Pamphlet, Good Condition.

Townsend
Voices, From their Times and Places (Townsend, Mass) 3.00 & $1.50 s&h
Townsend, Mass: 1992
Women of Townsend share their stories. An oral writing project produced by the Townsend Cultural Council.. Mary Teto, 50, Shirley Jamnback, 60, Millie Smith, 81, Marion Eaton, 86, Phyllis Josselyn, 62, Bernice Lothrop, 75, Beulah Greenough, 73, Pear Russell, 82, Florence Sullivan, 92, Katherine Frey, 75, Catherine Wilson, 72.
24 page 8×8 pamphlet, new

Tyngsborough
Tyngsborough, Mass (Images of America Series) (Out of print) $12.00
Herbert Morton (Inscribed inside front cover)
NH: Arcadia Publishing, Methuen Historical Society, 1996
     With Tyngsborough, the first photographic history of the town ever published, resident author Herbert Morton presents an affectionate look at this small New England community from the birth of photography through the 1970s. In these vintage images from years gone by, a peaceful, unharried, and yet industrious way of life is revealed.
     Hearty settlers along Tyngsborough’s section of the Merrimack River built farms and small industries next to quiet homes, parks, and places of recreation. Mr. Morton’s fascinating collection of images show many home of the colonial era, some of which have now faded away from all but photographic record and loving memory. The commercial and recreational centers of old Tyngsborough are also illustrated vividly in this historic work, reminding one of the town’s integral roles in the development of Massachusetts and nearby New Hampshire.
128 Pages, 6×9 softbound, good conditionWakefield
Wakefield, Mass. Inauguration and Dedicatory Exercises 1868  $25.00
Boston: Warren Richardson, 1872
Inaugural exercises in Wakefield, Massachusetts, including the historical address and poem, delivered on the occasion of the assumption of its new name, by the town formerly known as South Reading, on Saturday, July 4th, 1868; Also the exercises at the dedication of Wakefield Hall, Wednesday, February 22nd, 1871.
100 pages, 6×9 green cloth hardbound, top inch of the covers are rubbed and faded, small hole in cloth back cover, owners inscription inside front cover.

Wakefield, Mass: 350 Years by the Lake $48.75
The Wakefield 350 Writing Committee, Compilers. Nancy Bertrand, Editor
1994. Wakefield Item Press, Wakefield, Mass
Table of contents:
Foreword — John R. Galvin
Acknowledgments
The First Settlers — James W. Bradley
The Seventeenth Century
“This Our Heritage,” the Town’s Settlement and First Sixty Years — Nancy Bertrand ..
The Indian Deed
“That Dark Time,” the Witchcraft Panic in Redding — Nancy Bertrand
The Eighteenth Century
Timeline: 1700 – 1774 — William E. Eaton
Revolutionary Years — David Workman
The American Revolution: General Benjamin Brown
The American Revolution: Dr. John Hart
Timeline: 1782 – 1799 — William E. Eaton, Lilley Eaton
Colonial Officers of Reading — Tom Mullen
Home Life in the Eighteenth Century
First Parish in the late Eighteenth Century
The Nineteenth Century
Timeline: 1800 – 1812 — William E. Eaton
The Three Parishes of Reading and the
Birth of the Town of South Reading —Nancy Bertrand
South Reading in 1812 — Lilley Eaton
Timeline: 1813 – 1832 — William E. Eaton
The Village of South Reading — Lilley Eaton
Old South Reading Town House — Ruth Woodbury
Burrage Yale — Doris DiGiammarino
Timeline: 1833 – 1867 — William E. Eaton
The Shoemaking Industry — Nancy Bertrand
Slavery and the Anti-Slavery Movement — Nancy Bertrand
South Reading and the Civil War — Peter Mathison
Journal of a South Reading Soldier, 1864
Wakefield, Massachusetts, 1868
Cyrus Wakefield — Jim Wulff
The Wakefield Rattan Industry — John Wall
Timeline: 1868 – 1900 — William E. Eaton
Solon O. Richardson — John Wall
The Lives of Franklin Poole — John Wall
Wakefield Businesses in the 1870’s and 1880’s — Gene A. Moulton
Wakefield in the 1880’s — Alonzo Colson
Clubs and Social Life in Wakefield, 1890 — Mary Thresher
Wakefield’s Ice Industry
An Overview — Peter Stott
Cutting the Ice — Alonzo Colson
The Winship-Boit Knitting Mill — Doris DiGiammarino
The Twentieth Century
Timeline: 1900 – 1914 —Joseph Bertrand
The Rattan Factory Strike — Juliane Gerace
The First World War and the Homefront — Peter Mathison
The Town That Will Never Forget Me — Lucius Morris Beebe
Alcohol and Temperance — Paul Faler
The Temperance Movement, a Social History — Peter Mathison
Timeline: 1915 – 1929 — Joseph Bertrand
Immigrant Life: An Oral History
Remembering Shops and Stores: An Oral History
Remembering Montrose
Timeline: 1930 – 1939 — Joseph Bertrand
Wakefield on the Homefront During World War II — Doris DiGiammarino
Timeline: 1940 – 1949 —Joseph Bertrand
A Wakefield Boyhood — David Hackett Souter
The 1950’s: Building Wakefield, Tearing Down Wakefield’s Hall — Nancy Bertrand
The Fifties — Beatrice Cassidy
The Sixties — Kevin Kopp
The Seventies — Marcia J. Phinney
The Eighties — Nancy Bertrand
The Nineties — Marcia J. Phinney and Nancy Bertrand
Overviews
The Architectural History of Wakefield — Carol Huggins
Population Growth and the People of Wakefield, 1830 – 1990 — Paul Faler
Presidential Elections in Wakefield, 1832 – 1992 — Paul Faler
Women in Wakefield — Nancy Bertrand
Journalism in Wakefield — Robert D. Keohan
Wakefield’s Honored Sons Who Made The Supreme Sacrifice — Gene A. Moulton
The Wakefield High School Athletic Hall of Fame — Peter Mathison
A Brief History of Greenwood — Dana and Gray Goughenour Sawyer
Institutions
The Lucius Beebe Memorial Library — Charlotte Thompson
Wakefield Public Schools, 1693 – 1944 — Nancy Bertrand
Wakefield Public Schools, 1944 – present — Dr. Stephen F. Maio
St. Joseph’s School
The Wakefield Fire Department — L. Murray Young
The Wakefield Municipal Light Department — Jayne D’Onofrio
The Elizabeth E. Boit Home — Judi Eggleston
The Melrose-Wakefield Hospital — Nancy Bertrand
The Wakefield Police Department — L. Murray Young
Sites
The Americal Civic Center — Cheryl Webb Scott
The Old Burying Ground — Nancy Bertrand
The Floral Way
The Hartshorne House — Nancy Bertrand
The Lafayette Building — Nancy Bertrand
The Bandstand — Nancy Bertrand
The Rockery — Nancy Bertrand and John Wall
The West Ward School — Nancy Bertrand
Remembering Lost Landmarks: An Oral History
Churches
Organizations
Biographies
Town Government
Anniversary Celebrations
Patrons
396 pages, 9×12 hardbound, very good condition, dj has some wrinkles on it.

Waltham
Waltham Mass Vital Records to 1850 $49.95
Boston, Mass: New England Historic Genealogical Society 1904
The town of Waltham, Middlesex County, was incorporated January 4, 1738, from a part of Watertown.
April 16, 1849, a part of Newton was annexed to Waltham.
The town of Waltham was incorporated as a city in 1884.
298 pages, hardbound, foxing on cover and spine, covers are rubbed, ex library with Library stamp inside front cover

Waltham, Massachusetts As A Precinct of Watertown and as a Town 1630-1884 $40.00
Edmund L. Sanderson
Waltham, Mass: Waltham Historical Society 1936
Table of contents: Waltham, 1630-1884, Early Visitors, Allotting the Land, Making Use of the “Waste Lands”, The First Settlers and Their Homes, The Beginnings of a Town, More Growth and More Needs, The West Precinct, The Meeting-House, The Schoolhouse, The Making of a Town, The Town of Waltham, Early Events, The Revolution, The Coming of Industry, The Great Country Road, Continued Growth, Expansion and More Changes, The Civil War and After. Local Names, Waltham Families, 1738
168 pages, hardbound, good condition.

Waltham Mass. through the Eyes of Young Citizens $9.00
9^thGrade Civics Class, Waltham High School, 1955
Waltham seen through the eyes of Ute and Wilhelm Schmidt, orphans of World War II brought back to Waltham by a soldier.
Table of contents: Where to Find us, How we Grew, Our Many “Firsts:, Our Historic Landmarks, How Sections of Out City Were Named, How We Learn, How We Play, How We Earn a Living, How We Safeguard Our Health, How Our Government Serves US.
95 pages, 6×9 softbound, edge wear with some small closed tears, covers faded. Condition: Good.

Waltham Rediscovered: an Ethnic History of Waltham, Massachusetts $45.00
Kristen A. Petersen in collaboration with Thomas J. Murphy
Waltham Peter E. Randall 1988 1st edition
A beautiful book with lots of photographs.
Table of contents:
Preface
Introduction
The Yankee Community
The Irish Community
The Scandinavian Community
The French Community
The Jewish Community
The Italian Community
The Lithuanian Community
The Armenian Community
The New Wave of Immigrants
Moody Street
Waltham in the Wars of America
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments
About the Author
About the Editor
628 pages, 9×12 hardbound, very good condition, cover has some fading.

Watertown
Great Little Watertown 1630-1930: A Tercentenary History $75.00G. Frederick Robinson and Ruth Robinson Wheeler.
Watertown, Mass.: Watertown Historical Society; 1930.Rival Claims To Watertown: The Indians, The Gorges Patent, John Oldham, Winthrop
Sir Richard Saltonstall Settles Watertown
George Phillips Separates From Bigotry
Watertown, Frontier Of The West
Getting Along In The Seventeenth Century
Watertown Refuses To Compromise
Revolutionary Watertown
Changes In Religion, Politics And Finance
The Country Village Of 1830
Literature, Art And Reform
A New Population And New Problems
Modern Watertown
Perkins Institution And Massachusetts School For
The Blind
Conclusion
Founders Of Watertown Our Honor Roll
150 pages; hardbound, no dust jacket, gilt title on front cover; illus. with b/ w photos; map of the original allotments in back of book.; good condition.

Wayland
Old maps of Sudbury, Wayland, Maynard Massachusetts 1875 $15.95
Reprint of town maps from the 1875 Atlas of Middlesex County.
Eight framing maps 11×14” on fine ivory, houses with family names.
Sudbury (whole town), Sudbury Village, South Sudbury, Wayland (whole town), Cochituate (Wayland), Wayland Village, Maynard (whole town), Maynard Village.
Eight, 11X14 Maps, Good Condition.

Old Time Wayland, Massachusetts $24.00
Alfred Wayland Cutting
Privately printed, 1926
Table of contents: Old Wayland Center, Division of the Church, The Old Graveyard, Childhood Memories.
Attached to the book with a paperclip: a photo of a horse draw wagon and some people inscribed: A Souvenir of the Village Centennial, A clipping about Lydia Maria Child, A Service of Commemoration First Parish Sudbury, Obituary of Rev. Seth Curtis Beach. In the back of the book is a clipping from the Waltham News Tribune Friday Jan 12, 1940 titled: Wayland First Parish Church Notes it’s 300th Anniversary.
51 pages, softbound, good to fair condition, paperclip has marked some of the pages and in one spot has worn a small hole in the page, Cover is edge worn and corners bumped.

Westford
History of the Town of Westford, Mass 1659 – 1883 $35.00 (In print at $49.95) (New Book)
Rev Edwin R. Hodgman A. M.
The Westford Town Committee 1883 (Reprint)
Comprehensive history of Westford. Includes list of soldiers in the Revolution and Civil war and marriage and death records to the 1840s. In the back of the book is a genealogy on the early families. Map of Westford in 1730 on inside front cover.
494 Pages, hardcover

Investigation of Water Supplying Capacity of Forge Pond, Westford, Mass. $30.00
This is an unusual item that concerns “practicability of increasing the supplying cavity of Forge Pond on Stoney Brook Watershed, Near Chelmsford, Mass., in order to increase the water power obtainable at the mill of the Abbot Worsted Company..”. Includes Tables, photographs and drawings.
46 typewritten pages bound in 9×12 green hard cover, some wear along the edges, good condition

Weston
One Town in The American Revolution Weston Mass $18.00 (Out of Print)
Brenton H. Dickson & Homer C. Lucas
Weston Historical Society 1974
The story of Weston in the Revolution from the Stamp act through Shay’s Rebellion.
210 pages softbound, good condition

Wilmington
Yankee Drover $9.95
Asa Sheldon
University Press of New England 1988
Being the unpretending life of Asa Sheldon, Farmer, Trader and working man 1788-1870. He lived in the Wilmington area.
192 pages, softbound, new

Winchester
Winchester War Records – Civil – Spanish American – World $55.00
Published by the Town of Winchester 1925
Each section starts with a description of Winchester’s participation in the war. Then follows a list of Winchester people who served along with various service information. The WW2 section lists parents names, birth dates and place along with the service record. Also included are a number of illustrations.
184 pages, hardbound

History of Winchester, Massachusetts – Volume I $48.75
Henry Smith Chapman.
Drawings by W. H. W. Bicknell 1975. Haliday Lithograph Corp. Original Edition,1936
Table of contents:
The Prehistory of Winchester.
The Squaw Sachem and Her Red Men
CHAPTER II White Men on the Aberjona First Settlement at Waterfield Woburn Incorporated
CHAPTER III The Converse and Richardson Families
CHAPTER IV The Symmes, Gardner and Johnson Families
CHAPTER V Waterfield in the Sixteen Hundreds Church and State in Old Woburn
CHAPTER VI Colonial Militia and Primitive Schools
CHAPTER VII Eighteenth Century Memories The Black Horse Tavern
CHAPTER VIII Winchester in the Revolution
CHAPTER IX Winchester in 1798 The Middlesex Canal
CHAPTER X Men and Industries of a Century Ago The Railroad Comes to Town
CHAPTER XI The First Church Incorporation Agitated
CHAPTER XII The Town of Winchester is Born
CHAPTER XIII The Early Years of the Town, Fire and Flood, Social and Community Life
CHAPTER XIV Men and Events in the Sixties Winchester in the Civil War
CHAPTER XV Winchester in the Seventies, The Story of the Water System, The Banks
CHAPTER XVI History of the Churches in Winchester
CHAPTER XVII The Schools of Winchester
CHAPTER XVIII The Story of Winchester’s Parks and Playgrounds
CHAPTER XIX Fire and Police Protection Town Hall and Public Library Growth and Progress
CHAPTER XX Men and Events at the Turn of the Century, A Growing Town. The Hospital, The Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary Celebrated
CHAPTER XXI The Grade Crossing Controversy, Winchester in the World War, Tercentenary Celebration
CHAPTER XXII Clubs and Social Organizations of Winchester
EPILOGUE, APPENDIX A , APPENDIX B, NOTES AND COMMENTS, INDEX
401 pages, 6×9 hardbound, fair condition, covers and page edges have some stains, corners bumped.

History of the Winchester Mass. Fire Department $25.00
Boston, Mass: Boston Publishing Co. 1975
Interesting history of the Winchester Fire Department, many illustrations. Winchester business directory after page 71.
71 pages, 9×12 hardbound, cover has some pitting, good condition
192 pages softbound